Cut & Thrust: DIGITAL JIHAD

'The BJP has sent out a message that its allies are at its mercy.''The allies cannot pressurise or bargain with the BJP any more,' says Mohammad Sajjad. The objective usually cited for a ministeral reshuffle is: To replace under-performers. But people read into, and beyond that. Quite often, a reshuffle is an exercise to pacify dissenters, accommodate allies, make a political statement about social engineering, take care of regional and other factors of representation, and so on. This ...